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Nursing Diagnosis & Midwifery 2018
S e p t e m b e r 1 0 - 1 1 , 2 0 1 8
P r a g u e , C z e c h R e p u b l i c
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Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
E u r o S c i C o n E v e n t o n
Nursing Diagnosis &
Midwifery
Background: Pregnancy is accepted as a maturation crisis. Health behaviour
is very important, because it has a direct effect on health of pregnant mothers
and their foetus. PREG-CAL is a mobile application program which operated on
smartphones or tablets based on android operating system. This application
was developed as an alternate tool for promoting self-care potential of
pregnant women and their families sustainably.
Method: A Quasi-experimental research design, one-group with pre-test
and post-test, aimed to examine effectiveness of applying the PREG-CAL
to promote health of Thai pregnant women. Therefore, knowledge, health
behaviour and haematocrit between pregnancies were tested. Sample of
this study composed of 30 pregnant women who received antenatal care
at Chokchai Community Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Data was
analysed using a paired-t test.
Results: It was found that the score on knowledge (mean = 35.77, SD = 3.07)
and health behaviours (mean = 173.00, SD = 9.47) of pregnant women after
using the application called PREG-CAL 3.0 was higher than the score on
knowledge (mean = 28.93, SD = 5.13) and health behaviours (mean = 162.27,
SD = 12.29) before using the application statistically (p< .01). In case of
haematocrit, it demonstrated that mean haematocrit level (mean = 36.05, SD =
3.28) after using PREG-CAL was statistically higher than level of haematocrit
before (mean = 34.60, SD = 3.37) using the application (p <.001).
Conclusion: This study showed that the PREG-CAL could improve knowledge,
health behaviours and haematocrit level of Thai pregnant women. Therefore,
due to an ease for use and access, the PREG-CAL could be an alternative tool
for promoting health behaviours of Thai pregnant mothers. Recently, the PREG-
CAL has been downloaded more than 70,000 times and has current users on
smartphones or tablets more than 20,000 users. Moreover, satisfaction level
which was rated by Google play is approximately 4.8 from 5.0.
Biography
Jantakan Kanjanawetang had completed her PhD in Nursing
from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She is the Deputy
Director of the Centre for Innovation and Educational
Technology, and the Former Associate Dean of Nursing
Institute, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand. She has
long experience on teaching maternal nursing and midwifery
for nursing students for more than 20 years.
Implication of application program “PREG-CAL” on mobile phone
for promoting health in Thai pregnant women
Jantakan Kanjanawetang
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Jantakan Kanjanawetang, J Nurs Health Stud 2018 Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C4-011